Delicious 2,600-Calorie Baskin Robbins Milkshake Is The Worst Food In America
In their annual roundup of unhealthy restaurant foods, Men's Health has declared the Baskin Robbins large chocolate Oreo shake the worst food in America, supplanting Outback's bacon and ranch dressing cheese fries.
We don't deny that this tasty monstrosity is unhealthy, but we have to dispute its top billing. Witness the Chili’s Smokehouse Bacon Triple-The-Cheese Big Mouth Burger with Jalapeno Ranch Dressing, which was named Worst Burger. Besides the ridiculous name, it has over twice the RDA of sodium and 150 grams of fat. As Men's Health points out, "To do that much damage with roasted sirloin, you’d have to eat about eight 6-ounce steaks." Or maybe the 1,100-calorie Blimpie Veggie Supreme, the deceit on buns that was named Worst Healthy Sandwich. At least with a milkshake you're not expecting it to be good for you.
The full list is available here. Have you eaten any of these nutritional nightmares? Share your stories of indigestion, remorse, and food comas in the comments.
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Does Baskin Robbins really count as a restaurant? I mean it's not like people go there looking for a well-rounded meal.
Those fries always make me feel like death after I eat them. I've had a similar burger at Chili's and also felt like death after.
I have to agree about the shake though, I'm well aware that a milkshake has no nutritional value, but a burger should at least be safe to eat.
This is the "root" of the problem in the country. (see what I did there?) Anyway, if you need a magazine to tell you these foods are horrible for your health, you are an idiot. As far as food comas...quit eating so much you shit camels!
@hewhoroams:
I think that's where the worst food part comes in. While the others are certainly as unhealthy as can be, they probably have at least /something/ in there that's beneficial. While the shake is probably just slightly mushy death in a cup.
I've had the burger from Chili's. Amazing. Tastes like a heart attack, but amazing.
uh and i'm pretty sure after reading the article that those death fries are still the worst food in america?
I just want to know who can take out a whole large chocolate oreo shake in one sitting. I'd be hard pressed to even try it.
I am happy that I have never consumed any food on that list. Even happier to say that I probably never will.
i can proudly say i haven't eaten any of these fatastic, calorific monstrosities... i already check nutritional info on the things i buy from the store, maybe i should start doing the same for what i eat at a restaurant...
That "Worst Pizza" from UNOs is quite tasty. But it does feel like a lead weight in your stomach after you eat it.
But if you're going to kill yourself with a Chicago style pizza, do yourself a favor and find a Lou Malnatis or a Gino's East. I'm sure those would have made the list if they were more abundant.
Come on. It's not like the average person is having this shake every day. It's the kind of thing that someone may have once every few months (besides a few very hungry people). Once every few months is not that big of a deal.
I had a poli-bacon-chili-cheeseburger from Pink's in Los Angeles once. Polish sausage + bacon + chili + cheese on a burger. I couldn't move for a couple of hours after that.
@hewhoroams: That's the 2008 list. The link at the bottom of the article points to the wrong one. The 2009 list is linked at the top:
I hate the blanket "unhealthy" moniker.
For example, if I had just finished a 25-mile day on the Appalachian Trail, a 2600 calorie milkshake might be one of the healthiest things I could find.
Calories aren't all bad, it's what you do with them (or don't) that counts.
Worst food? Obviously the author has never eaten at Arby's. Oh, worst for you...
The article talks about the new list from Men's Health, but give's the link to the old list.
Old List: [www.menshealth.com]
New List: [www.menshealth.com]
I was pretty surprised by Chipolte being on there... I know full-well that their large sized servings can't be good for you and I haven't been to one in many years now... But Damn, I'm just surprised that something from The Bell, Bueno or places like Taco Casa or Taco Cabana didn't make it on there.
Bacon... and ranch dressing... together? Ew.
Excellent! Now I'm heading over to Outback for a serving of Bacon and Ranch dressing Fries, now that they are no longer the worst food in America!
I glad I still have a few years before I have to care about this stuff (25). I eat around 6,000 calories a day and I weigh 140 pounds. Whats the point of being alive or healthy if you have to eat things you don't like?
Also, being alive at 70 seems overrated.
I am IMMEDIATELY going to Baskin Robbins to get one of these.
I have not had the shake or the burger but I have had the Outback's cardiology nightmare fries. And what's worse is that they arent even that great. I've had much tastier heart stoppers at places like Chilis and Fiuddruckers.
The problem I have with a few of these items is the info is based on ordering the largest size. I know there is no way in hell I could eat a large Quiznos sub unless I skipped breakfast so the number doesn't quite affect me as much.
I'd hate to think what the porky delicious burrito I had from Pax might be in relation to the rest of this list. However, I will make it known it's a once a month (if that) kind of treat for me. Mmmmmmm...pork.
The cheese fries are meant to be split.
Regardless, I ordered them as a meal one time. They were yummy.
Personally I love the Eat This Not That mentality. My dad who has had weight problems for years and a BMI that is in the severely obese scale will not diet at all. I've been trying to show him how he doesn't need to give up all the good stuff, just to sometimes take the lesser of two evils.
NOOOOOOOO!!! My Aussie Cheese Fries made me proud to say I had eaten "The Worst Food in America" as a meal 25 times over and I still was healthier than 90% of the population (according to my doctor).
This list is pretty stupid. Not because it's incorrect or these foods are good for you somehow or something.
But their alternatives are utterly dumb in many cases. Alternative to bad for you pasta? Salmon! Alternative to bad apetizer? Chicken wrap! At least offer alternatives that are actually, yknow, alternatives rather than something entirely different.
I've had the Chili's Awesome Blossom. I regret nothing. 67 slices of bacon... Mmm...
What I want to know is, does that calorie count represent a single serving of that "Worst Starter" or the whole thing? And if it's the latter, who eats the whole thing?
And the winner of "Worst Obstructive Web Ads of 2009?" Menshealth.com.
@rachmanut: wait- they serve polish sausage on a burger? with bacon? too bad i am on the wrong coast!
note to self: stop by the store on the way home, pick up polish sausage and ground beef [of course i already have bacon]
@pinkpuppet: I am so pregnant with the BIGGEST BABY EVER. I bet I could. Though I'd probably need pee breaks.
I never could eat a whole restaurant burger in one sitting before. Now I not only finish it, but I'm still hungry.
(And I'm still 5 lbs. lighter than when I got pregnant, and I'm 21 weeks and should be 10-15 lbs. up ... this baby is mainlining calories and doesn't care where he gets them.)
Actually, all of the foods on this list are kind-of making me hungry. I'd feel grossed out by me, except that OH MY GOD I WANT TO STOP BEING HUNGRY!
@nicemarmot617: Right, and people probably get just the milkshake if that's what they're ordering, whereas the people ordering the Chili's Big Mouth burger will probably get a side and a drink.
Their DIY alternatives are astonishingly specific about nutrition considering they're completely nonspecific about portion size.
@floraposte: Or, better yet, people will order that Big Mouth burger and then hit up BR for a shake.
But, of course, they'll just have a Diet Coke with dinner. They don't need all those empty calories.
I don't know about the BR stuff, but check out the Heart Attack Grill if you want to see some really killer menu choices. This is their photo page: [www.heartattackgrill.com]
I think the biggest (heh...) thing people need to remember is that with no exceptions, do not eat any dining-out meal to its entirety. Buy it, eat half or a third, and save the rest as left-overs. This will save you money, and it will be much healthier for you as far as nutritional overload and general nutrition later on. I was surprised simply by how easy it was to save money doing this.
@George Gdovin: I'm not seeing Chipotle listed in the 2009 Worst section (the original link was apparently to 2008, so maybe they were in there?). They are listed in their restaurant-by-restaurant section, as is Taco Bell; however, the bad Chipotle pick is more loaded than even the bad Taco Bell pick. I suspect that the tighter budget at TB may be a bit of a blessing there.
However, I'm not too impressed with their pearl-clutching about all the carbs you'll be ingesting in beans. Unless you're low carbing, no reason to cheat your body of some nice healthy legumes just because they've got carbohydrates.
Wow, 20 pages of one picture and a paragraph each? Can we have a Consumerist article about the Web Page Shrinkray?
Mmm, 54 slices of American cheese....
@Eyebrows McGee: This is a different situation entirely, you are eating for 2 people here so its perfectly understandable that you need to take in more calories than the normal person.
I was able to take down a whole Wendy's large frosty once in my life however I had braces at the time and could not chew food. That shake was also a whole dinner. I know there were better choices at the time but I was hungry and you get sick of yogurt after a while (the food had to be swallowed and nothing could even touch my teeth). Frosty's aren't real ice cream like Baskin Robbins is either, so its much lighter in your stomach. That was a one time occurence though and I don't plan on ever eating a whole shake again!
They put something in that Arby's sauce, I swear.
The loaded potato bites are to DIIIE for.
so the oreo shake beats the heath shake?
[consumerist.com]
both from baskin robbins?
wow!
i knew i liked baskin robbins, they go all out to save the consumer time - you can get all your daily caloric intake in one cup, no need for a sit down meal